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ISRAEL banned Jewish worshippers from Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound yesterday after Jordan condemned raids on the site it administers.
Israeli security forces used rubber bullets, teargas and truncheons against Palestinians protesting against incursions on Islam’s third-holiest site on Sunday and Monday.
Jordanian Minister of State for Media Affairs Muhammad Momani called on Israel to immediately halt what he called unjustified violations.
Police crackdowns on Israeli peace demonstrators combined with court rulings and settler organisations are designed to strip Palestinian families of their homes and land. The Israeli state has tried to silence both Israelis and Palestinians who resist, according to Zo HaDerekh (This Is The Way) the Communist Party of Israel’s Hebrew-language weekly
As antisemitism grows, the labour movement must recommit to defence of minorities while navigating the complexities of Gaza and global politics, argues NICK WRIGHT
Bezalel Smotrich’s measures to extend Israeli property law into the West Bank are a continuation of a decades-long project to dispossess Palestinians and preclude statehood, argues HUGH LANNING
ANN CZERNIK looks back over the last two years of carnage that began with the unprecedented October 7 operation and considers the rhetoric from both sides in light of the massacre carried out by Israel that has united the world in horror